Fishing-line-drying reel.



F. H. DARROW.

FISHING LINE DRYING REEL. APPLICATION FILED APR.24,1909.

967,734. PatentedAug. 16,1910.

I 7 IV I/ E N T of? W I Hen/y Darrow 8Y2 fa ATTORNEYS FRANK HENRYDARROW,

( OF ALBION, MICHIGAN.

FISHING-LINE-DRYING REEL.

nearer.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Application filed April 2%, 1909. Serial No. 491,875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK HENRY DAR- now, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Albion, in the county of Calhoun and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and Improved Fishing-Line-Drying Reel, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improved collapsible reel adapted to beattached .to' a fishing-rod, and also adapted to receive the fishingline and the reel thereon, for the purpose of drying the same afterusing.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, compact andinexpensive device, which may be secured to rods of varying size, andwhich may be extended for the purpose of drying a fishing line, orfolded up when not in use.

A further object is to provide means for the ready attachment of aregular fishing reel temporarily upon the frame of a line drying reelwhen a dry line is to be rewollmd from the drying-reel onto the fishingree Generally speaking, the invention consists in a collapsible reel, a.support having an adjustable clamp for said reel, and means for rotatingsaid reel.

The invention further consists in the construction and combination ofparts, to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forthin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts inall the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a sideview showing my device attached to a fishing-rod and in the act ofremoving the Wet fishing line from the fishing reel; Fig. 2 is avertical side view, partly in section on the line 22 in Fig. 3, showingthe method of attaching the arms of the reel to the hub; Fig. 3 is aview taken at right-angles to Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is an enlarged view showingthe arms of the reel collapsed, and is taken on. the line 4-4 in Fig. 2;and Fig. 5 is an end View of the clamping mechanism.

Referring more particularly to the separate parts, 1 indicates asupporting frame,

which may be of any suitable form and material, but preferably consistsof a strip of metal bent at an angle at one end to form a stationary jaw2 of a clamp. The other jaw of the clamp is formed by a right-anglemember 3 made of any suitable form and material, which is adapted toslidingly engage suitable fastening means, such as bolts 4, Whicharesecuredto the support 1 and slidingly engage in slots 5 on therightangle jaw 3. The jaws 2 and 3 are 0011- caved at their ends so asto more readily engage a fishing-rod, which is indicated by the numeral6.

In order to bring the jaws 2 and 3 close together and adjust them toclamp rods of varying sizes, there is provided a screw 7 which passesthrough openings in each of the jaws and is secured thereto by means ofa thumb-nut 8, which is adapted to be adjusted in and out on the screw 7The support 1 has at the opposite end to the clamp, a perforationthrough wh1ch is adapted to pass a pivot-screw 9, adjust-ably secured tosaid support by' means of a thumb-nut 10. Rotatably supported on thepivot-screw 9, there is provided a hub. 11, .which is formed in twocylindrical parts 12 and 13. Each of the parts 12 and 13 of the hub havein their facing surfaces oppo sitely situated grooves, 111 which areadapted to be removably secured, spokes or reel arms 1 1, which are alsoadapted to be pivoted in the hub portion 13 by means of right-anglebends at the ends thereof. Each hub portion 13- is backed up by the headof the screw 9, and the two hub portions 12 and 13- are' held yieldinglytogether by means of a spring 15 which engages the hub portion 12 on oneside and a ring 16 on the screw 9 on the other side.

lln order to rigidly secure the hub portions 12 and 13 together, thereis provided a screw 17, which is adapted to engage a screw-threadedopening in the hub portion 12 and pass through a smooth opening in thehub portion 13. The groove whic is used to secure the uppermost reel armis angular in shape, so as to permit this arm to extend at right-anglesto two adjacent arms and at the same time to permit it to avoid thepivot-pin 9 and fall substantially parallel to the other arms in theirfolded up position, as indicated in Fig. 4. This brings the pivot pointof the top arm into an unsymmetrical position relative to thepivotpoints of the other arms.

tioned portion, so that t a single wire which extends directly out fromthe hub 11 for a considerable distance,

and isthen bent at an obtuse angle thereto for a relatively shorterdistance; a furtherbend is then taken, so as to bring the metal intosubstantially the same direction as the first length; the rod is thenbent back on itself to run parallel to the last portion and thenbent atright-angles thereto, to form a oord carrying' surface, and then atrightangles tothis last port-ion, to form a flange to hold the cord orfishing-line thereon.

\ Secured in any well-known manner toone of the arms 14 there is,provided a handle 18, which is adapted to rotate'the reel as a whole. P

The operation of the device will be geadily understood from the abovedescription. When it is desired to dry a fishing line after it has beenused, the supporting member 1 is clamped to the fishing-rod 6 adjacentto the fishing reel, and the reel: arms 14 extended into. their upperposition and se; cured in such position by means of the screw 17. Thefishing line is then secured to one of the lengths of a spoke whichextends substantially parallel to the pivot-pin 9, and the reel isrevolved, spreading the line gradually over the whole len th of saidlast-mene line-has the great est amount of surface exposed to the dryingactionof the air.'

. When the fishing line is thoroughly dried,

1t may be re-wound on the fishing reel, and

then the drying reel may be collapsed by unfastening spoke arms 14 tofall into the position shown in Fig. 4, Where they maybe readilyj storedin a small compass,

the reel being in the meantime removed from the fishing-rod.

Having thus described any invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent I 1-. In a device of the class described, thecombination with a support, of a pivot-pin secured two parts, parts,means for yieldingly holding said ported on said the screw 17 andpermitting theto said support, a hub secured to said pivot-pifP, saidhub being divided into hub parts together, and detachable ineahs otallysecured in one of said parts and adapted to be removably secured in saidgrooves in said hub parts, means for yieldingly holding said hub partstogether, detachable means for rigldly securing said hub parts together,and a handle on one of I said reel arms adapted to rotate all of saidreel arms, each of said reel arms consisting of-a single piece of metalbent to term a flanged hue-carrying surface.

4; In a device of the class described, the combination with a hub, of aplurality-of reel arms removably secured to said hub,

said reel arms being unsymmetrically pivoted to said hub.

'5. In a device of the class described, the

for rigidly securin said hub parts together."

combination with a hub composed of two members, of a plurality of reelarms removably secured'between the members of said hub, said reelarmsbeing unsymmetrically pivoted to one'of said members. I

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a hub, of aplurality of reel arms unsymmetrically pivoted to said hub; In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification 1n the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.v

FRANK HENRY DARROW.

Witnesses:- reel-arms secured;between said I EDWARD R. I001) One A;LEONARD.

